The Obama Administration will announce the plan, part of its 'We Can't Wait' initiative, on Monday.
Is the U.S. job market on the mend? Initial jobless claims for unemployment benefits in the U.S. dropped for the second week in a row, to 390,000 -- their lowest level in seven months, according to the U.S. Labor Department.
The U.S. unemployment rate for September was 9.1 percent, but the full story of who works in America isn't told through the numbers alone.
From Politics & Policy 04:57 pm
The U.S. Labor Department announced 80,000 new jobs were added to the U.S. economy in October. The consensus among economic experts? We're not out of the woods yet.
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The U.S. economy added a modest 80,000 jobs in October -- below what economists expected -- but job gains for the prior two months were revised higher: September to 158,000 from the initially-released 103,000; and August to 104,000 from 57,000.
From Education 10:21 am
Over-simplification of the innately complex that perpetuates some of the most pressing social, economic and political problems that confronts us today, according Tim Harford, author of The Undercover Economist, Adapt.
From Books 09:20 am
In this new feature in the International Business Times, Bob Morris provides a quick review of Linda A. Hill and Kent Lineback's book from Harvard Business Review Press.
From Education 11:46 am
With youth unemployment remaining at near record levels many university students graduating in the coming months will face a slew of challenges unique to their generation.
From Companies 05:22 am
American computer processor giant AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) has announced the company’s collaboration with Massachusetts based computer science and engineering content distributor Morgan Kaufmann Publishers in publishing OpenCL books.
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Florida Governor Rick Scott has suspended an order requiring all state workers undergo drug testing, pending resolution of a lawsuit that called the tests an illegal search of workers' bodies.
From Politics & Policy
Members from both the National Union of Teachers and the Association of Teachers and Lecturers have voted overwhelmingly to take strike action in a row with the government over pensions. Union leaders said they were outraged by Government demands for a 3.
